EAN: 9783898218634

THE LONG WAY BACK TO EUROPE - BERND RECHEL KART...

The protection of minorities in Bulgaria presents a paradox. Although minority protection
played a prominent role in the accession of the country to the European Union  hardly any
positive minority rights were adopted in post-communist Bulgaria. Apart from the reversal of
communist assimilation campaigns  only limited progress has been made in the area of minority
protection. Positive minority rights have remained very restricted  some minorities  notably
Pomaks and Macedonians  have been denied recognition  and the formal adoption of legislation or
policy documents has often not been followed by implementation.By charting minority rights
policies in Bulgaria in the period between 1989 and 2004  this study clarifies the main reasons
for the limited progress in the post-communist period. While  in contrast to some other
countries in Central and Eastern Europe  minority kin-states did not play a major role in
post-communist Bulgaria  the European Union and the Council of Europe were instrumental in
putting minority questions on the agenda of Bulgarian governments. However  their impact was
smaller than much of the literature on enlargement and conditionality would suggest. Domestic
factors were crucial in shaping minority rights policies in post-communist Bulgaria. Of
particular importance was the communist legacy  which acted as a brake on the development of
minority rights.

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